# uMake

> uMake is a design app for iPad, iPhone (including iPhone Duo) and Mac with Apple silicon that makes turning ideas into designs faster and easier, from the first concept on: sketch an idea, build it in precise 3D, and use AI to render it, try new materials and set it in a scene, all on one board. It is made for interior designers, architects, product designers and fashion designers, students use it through uMake for Education, and it is free to download. Sketch with Apple Pencil or your fingers, build precise NURBS curves, surfaces and solids in real units, gather sketches, photos and live 3D designs on an infinite board called a Space, and work with AI: AI Design Partner builds editable 3D from words or a reference image (including floor plans from a plan image), Live AI Preview renders the model photorealistically as you work, AI tools in Spaces compose, vary, restyle and edit images, and Scene Studio turns each change to a scene into a short video clip.

## Key facts

- Platforms: iPad and iPhone with iPadOS/iOS 17.6 or later; iPhone Duo with iOS 27.1 (opened, it gets the iPad workspace); Mac with Apple silicon. Not available on Android or Windows.
- Get it: free on the App Store (https://apps.apple.com/app/id1042246861), with in-app purchases.
- Free, without a plan: import and view 3D files (SketchUp, STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, USDZ, GLB, DAE, SVG), 2 Spaces, and one-time AI credits to try the AI tools.
- A plan (Basic, Pro, Studio, Education or a uMake Teams seat) unlocks drawing and editing in the 3D editor, 3D export (STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, USDZ, UMK), the full content library and unlimited Spaces.
- Monthly AI, as a multiple of Basic's (as the app's plans screen shows it): Basic 1×, Pro 2×, Studio 5×. In AI credits a month: Basic 800, Pro 1,600, Studio 4,000. The Education plan has no AI allowance (credit packs can be bought). Live AI Preview needs Basic, Pro or Studio.
- Students get the Education plan free for 12 months with a class link from their teacher; schools, colleges and universities buy licenses per seat on account.umake.com, from 20 seats (for teaching and learning only). Companies and studios buy uMake Teams per seat (3 seats or more) on account.umake.com.
- New in uMake 10 (https://www.umake.com/updates): AI Design Partner; Flows, AI cards tied to a picture on a Space that redraw their results with one tap when it changes; My Library, every AI result kept in one place; Scene Studio; Split into Layers; and Apply Style, to choose a style for new images.
- Not supported: DWG, DXF, 3MF and FBX files.
- 14 languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese. View in AR on iPhone and iPad. Designs autosave, work offline, and sync with a free uMake account.
- Pricing: https://www.umake.com/pricing (App Store prices follow your storefront's currency).

## Features

- [All features](https://www.umake.com/features): Everything uMake does, from first line to final scene: sketching, NURBS modeling, AI Design Partner, Spaces, Scene Studio and AR, on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
- [Sketch & model](https://www.umake.com/features/modeling): Sketch with the Precision, Pen and Freestyle tools, then build NURBS surfaces and solids with Combine, Project Shape and linked Components, in real units.
- [AI](https://www.umake.com/features/ai): AI Design Partner turns words or a reference image into editable 3D. Live AI Preview renders as you model, and AI tools in Spaces compose, vary and restyle.
- [Spaces](https://www.umake.com/features/spaces): Keep sketches, notes, photos, videos and live 3D designs on one open board, with layers, an underlay for tracing, and AI tools that work on what you select.
- [Scenes & rendering](https://www.umake.com/features/scenes): Scene Studio turns each change, from a new material to golden hour, into a short clip. Plus PBR materials, sun studies, CAD visual styles and HQ renders.
- [AR & export](https://www.umake.com/features/ar): See your design in AR on iPhone and iPad, present it full screen, and move files in and out: STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, USDZ, GLB, SketchUp and more.
- [AI Design Partner](https://www.umake.com/features/ai-design-partner): AI Design Partner builds and edits real 3D geometry in uMake from a description or a reference image, including floor plans from a plan image.
- [Live AI Preview](https://www.umake.com/features/live-ai-preview): Live AI Preview splits the canvas with a photorealistic AI render of your 3D model that updates after each change, with Creativity, presets, Enhance and 4 Views.
- [Scene Studio](https://www.umake.com/features/scene-studio): Scene Studio brings a picture of your design to life: move objects, change materials, light, season and weather, orbit the camera. Each change becomes a clip.
- [Compose a Scene](https://www.umake.com/features/compose-a-scene): Compose a Scene, in uMake Spaces, combines two to six selected items, even references dragged in from the web, into one new image. The sources stay as they were.
- [Split into Layers](https://www.umake.com/features/split-into-layers): Split into Layers finds the objects in a photo and puts each on its own layer in a uMake Space; Make Whole redraws a partly hidden object in full.
- [uMake on iPhone Duo](https://www.umake.com/iphone-duo): the iPad workspace on the open phone, with work kept in place as you fold.
- [Pricing](https://www.umake.com/pricing), [Teams](https://www.umake.com/teams), [Education](https://www.umake.com/education)

## Guides

- [CAD on iPad: can you really design in CAD on an iPad?](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/cad-drawing-ipad): Yes, you can do real CAD on an iPad: precise curves, surfaces and solids in real units, exported as STEP or IGES. What iPad CAD does well, and how to start.
- [Which tablet is best for CAD and design?](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/cad-drawing-tablet): A tablet for CAD can mean a computer you design on or a pen pad for your PC. How they differ, why an iPad with a 3D CAD app works, and what to check first.
- [3D modeling on iPad: how to model in 3D on an iPad](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-modeling-ipad): Yes, you can do serious 3D modeling on an iPad. How it works in uMake: sketch in 3D, build NURBS surfaces and solids, add AI, and export STEP, OBJ or STL.
- [A 3D modeling app for iPhone: can you really model on a phone?](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-modeling-app-iphone): You can model in 3D on an iPhone: sketch, build surfaces and solids, use AI and export STEP, OBJ or STL. What works well on a phone, and where iPad helps.
- [Architecture software for Mac: what to use, and for which stage](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/architecture-software-mac): Architecture software for Mac by stage: concept and massing, BIM and drawings, visualization. Where uMake fits on a Mac with Apple silicon, and where it doesn’t.
- [Free architecture design software: what’s really free](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/architecture-design-software-free): The kinds of free architecture software, what each is good for, and exactly what is free in uMake: downloading, opening 3D files, two Spaces and an AI trial.
- [3D modeling for printing: from an idea to a printable file](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-modeling-for-printing): How to model something you can 3D print: design to real size, keep it solid, export STL or OBJ, and slice it. A step-by-step workflow in uMake on iPad, iPhone or Mac.
- [AI 3D rendering: how to render a 3D model with AI](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-rendering-ai): AI rendering turns a 3D model into a photorealistic image in seconds. How it differs from a classic render, and how to do it beside your model in uMake.
- [Mood board software for interior design: what to look for](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/interior-design-mood-board-software): A mood board app should hold photos, notes, sketches and your 3D design together. How to build an interior design mood board in a uMake Space, with AI tools.
- [Home exterior design software: model the house, then try the looks](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/home-design-software-exterior): Exterior design software lets you model a house’s massing and façade and try materials and light on it. How to do it in uMake, and what it isn’t for.
- [Floor plan to 3D: how to turn a 2D plan into a 3D model](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/floor-plan-to-3d): Turn a floor plan image into an editable 3D model: AI Design Partner reads walls, openings and stairs, then you refine. Plus the manual route, step by step.
- [Sketch to 3D model: how to turn a sketch into 3D](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/sketch-to-3d-model): Turn a sketch into a 3D model by drawing it in 3D yourself, or by giving it to AI. Both routes in uMake, with what each one is good for.
- [AI image editing for designers: edit, restyle and compose with AI](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/ai-image-editing-for-designers): Edit images with words or a sketch, remove backgrounds, split photos into layers, restyle and compose scenes: AI image editing for designers in a uMake Space.
- [Furniture design on iPad: from a sketch to a file the workshop can use](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/furniture-design-ipad): Design furniture on an iPad: sketch the idea, model it to real dimensions, see it at real size in AR, and export STEP, OBJ or STL for a CNC shop or 3D printer.
- [Product design from sketch to CAD, on iPad](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/product-design-sketch-to-cad): An industrial design workflow on iPad: sketch in 3D, refine curves into NURBS surfaces, wrap and cut details, then hand STEP or IGES to your engineering CAD.
- [Jewelry design app for iPad: model rings and pendants in 3D](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/jewelry-design-ipad): Design rings and pendants on iPad in millimeters: revolve a band, wrap a motif onto it, engrave it, and export STL or OBJ for 3D printing or a casting partner.
- [The 3D design app for architecture and design students](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-design-app-for-students): A 3D design app for architecture and design students: sketch, model in real units, pin work up in a Space for crits, and export images for a portfolio.
- [3D design for beginners: an easy way to start on iPad and iPhone](https://www.umake.com/resources/guides/3d-design-for-beginners): New to 3D? Start from a sketch, learn three gestures, and make a first object in an afternoon. What’s free in uMake, what needs a plan, and where to get help.

## Comparisons

- [uMake vs Shapr3D: which 3D app is right for you?](https://www.umake.com/compare/umake-vs-shapr3d): Shapr3D is parametric CAD for parts and drawings; uMake is for sketching and shaping forms in 3D, with AI and a project board. Which to pick, and when.
- [uMake vs SketchUp: which 3D app is right for you?](https://www.umake.com/compare/umake-vs-sketchup): SketchUp is an established 3D modeler for buildings, with drawings, extensions and IFC. uMake is for sketching curved forms in 3D on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
- [uMake vs Procreate: a drawing app or a 3D design app?](https://www.umake.com/compare/umake-vs-procreate): Procreate is a drawing and painting app for iPad; uMake is a 3D design app. Which you need depends on whether the result is a picture or an object.

## Help (the app's own help topics)

### Navigate & View

- [Orbit Around Your Design](https://www.umake.com/learn/orbit): See your model from any angle by circling the camera around it.
- [Pan & zoom](https://www.umake.com/learn/pan-zoom): Glide, zoom, and roll the camera with two fingers — in any mode, with any tool active.
- [Camera views & presets](https://www.umake.com/learn/camera-views): Snap the camera straight onto any side of your design from the view menu's presets.
- [Perspective & orthographic](https://www.umake.com/learn/projection-modes): Switch between a natural perspective camera and a true-to-scale orthographic view.
- [Zoom extents](https://www.umake.com/learn/zoom-extents): Bring your whole design back into view, framed and centered, in one tap.

### Draw & Edit

- [Draw a Curve (Precision)](https://www.umake.com/learn/draw-curve-precision): Drag precise line and arc segments that chain into an exact profile.
- [Pen Tool](https://www.umake.com/learn/pen-tool): Drag once and the Pen lays down a single smooth, even curve.
- [Freestyle Sketching](https://www.umake.com/learn/freestyle-sketching): Sketch loose, expressive strokes — and let a closed loop fill itself with colour.
- [Apple Pencil Mode](https://www.umake.com/learn/apple-pencil-mode): The Pencil draws while one finger orbits — two instruments working at once.
- [Brush Size & Colour](https://www.umake.com/learn/brush-size-colour): Set stroke thickness with the slider and pick any ink colour before you draw.
- [Control-Point Editing](https://www.umake.com/learn/control-point-editing): Drag a curve's control points to reshape it precisely.
- [Create a Surface](https://www.umake.com/learn/create-surface): Close a loop of curves and uMake fills it with a surface automatically.
- [Sketch Planes](https://www.umake.com/learn/sketch-planes): Aim the invisible sheet your strokes land on, pin it in place, and save it for later.
- [Sketch on Surface](https://www.umake.com/learn/sketch-on-surface): Draw directly on a 3D surface and your strokes wrap to its shape.
- [Text Tool](https://www.umake.com/learn/text-tool): Place text on the canvas and style it like any other object.

### Select & Organize

- [Select & multi-select](https://www.umake.com/learn/select-multiselect): Pick out one shape with a tap, or gather several at once with the lasso.
- [Move, rotate, scale](https://www.umake.com/learn/transform-shapes): Move, rotate and scale any selection with the handles on its selection box.
- [Undo & redo](https://www.umake.com/learn/undo-redo): Step backwards and forwards through your changes from anywhere on the canvas.
- [Copy, paste, duplicate](https://www.umake.com/learn/copy-paste-duplicate): Split an exact copy off any selection and place it right where you want it.
- [Groups & ungroup](https://www.umake.com/learn/groups-ungroup): Combine shapes into one group that moves as a unit, and take it apart again.
- [Layers](https://www.umake.com/learn/layers): Organise your design onto layers you can hide, lock, fade and reorder, and gather them into collections.
- [Snapping & symmetry](https://www.umake.com/learn/snapping-symmetry): Let points click onto the grid, and mirror everything you draw across an axis.
- [Pivot](https://www.umake.com/learn/pivot): Move the pivot point so rotation and scaling swing around exactly the spot you choose.
- [Edit a group](https://www.umake.com/learn/edit-group): Step inside a group to edit its members individually, then step back out.
- [Components](https://www.umake.com/learn/components): Turn a shape into a reusable component whose linked copies all update together.

### Model

- [Extrude](https://www.umake.com/learn/extrude): Pull a flat closed curve or surface straight up into a solid shape.
- [Push & Pull](https://www.umake.com/learn/push-pull): Push a face in or pull it out to reshape a solid directly.
- [Revolve](https://www.umake.com/learn/revolve): Spin a profile curve around an axis to build a symmetrical 3D form.
- [Mirror](https://www.umake.com/learn/mirror): Reflect a copy of your shapes across the X, Y or Z axis.
- [Array](https://www.umake.com/learn/array): Repeat a shape in a line, circle or grid with even spacing.
- [Offset](https://www.umake.com/learn/offset): Create a parallel twin of a curve at the exact distance you choose.
- [Fillet & Chamfer](https://www.umake.com/learn/fillet-chamfer): Round a sharp corner into a fillet or cut it into a flat chamfer.
- [Extrude Along Path](https://www.umake.com/learn/extrude-along-path): Sweep a profile along any curve to form tubes, rails and mouldings.
- [Loft](https://www.umake.com/learn/loft): Skin a smooth surface between two or more profile curves.
- [Split Surfaces](https://www.umake.com/learn/split-surfaces): Draw a curve across a face to divide it into separate surfaces.
- [Preview Boolean operations](https://www.umake.com/learn/booleans-3d): Combine shapes after checking the result in 3D.
- [Choose the target and keep originals](https://www.umake.com/learn/boolean-target): Control what gets cut and which input shapes remain.
- [Edit a Boolean result](https://www.umake.com/learn/boolean-history): Revisit saved operations or recover their input shapes.
- [Project Shape](https://www.umake.com/learn/project-shape): Conform a flat grille or pattern to a curved body.
- [3D Text](https://www.umake.com/learn/text-3d): Turn text into a real 3D object you can model like any other shape.
- [Mesh Editing](https://www.umake.com/learn/mesh-editing): Edit a mesh face by face: select, move, extrude and delete its geometry directly.
- [Dimensions & Measuring](https://www.umake.com/learn/dimensions-measuring): Measure objects and place dimension lines that document your design.

### Style & Output

- [Colours & Textures](https://www.umake.com/learn/colours-textures): Give any shape a new colour or a texture in a couple of taps.
- [PBR Materials](https://www.umake.com/learn/pbr-materials): Make surfaces read as glossy, metallic or matte with material presets and roughness controls.
- [Lighting & Environment](https://www.umake.com/learn/lighting-environment): Light your model with environments and a movable sun, and watch the shadows follow.
- [Rendering](https://www.umake.com/learn/rendering-hq): Turn flat shading into a rendered scene with environment light, soft shadows and visual styles.
- [Slides & Presenting](https://www.umake.com/learn/slides-presenting): Capture views as slides and present them full screen.
- [Markup Mode](https://www.umake.com/learn/markup-mode): Sketch notes directly over a slide — the view stays still while you draw.
- [Export & Share](https://www.umake.com/learn/export-share): Send your design out as an image, a video or a 3D file from the share menu.
- [Insert Content](https://www.umake.com/learn/insert-content): Drop models, textures and your own uploads onto the canvas from the built-in library.

### AI Tools

- [Live AI Preview](https://www.umake.com/learn/live-ai-preview): Split the canvas with a live pane where an AI render of your design updates as you work.
- [Creativity & Styles](https://www.umake.com/learn/creativity-styles): Choose how boldly the AI reinterprets your design and pick the look it renders in.
- [Enhance](https://www.umake.com/learn/enhance-refine): Re-render the preview you are looking at in higher fidelity without changing its composition.
- [Style, Photos & 4 Views](https://www.umake.com/learn/style-scene-views): Match an uploaded image's style, place your model into a photo, and render four angles at once.
- [Design Partner](https://www.umake.com/learn/design-partner): Chat with an AI partner that builds and edits 3D geometry directly on your canvas.

### Spaces & Whiteboard

- [Spaces basics](https://www.umake.com/learn/spaces-basics): Arrange sketches, notes, photos, and 3D designs together on one infinite board.
- [Doodle on the Board](https://www.umake.com/learn/doodle-shapes): Sketch freely anywhere on the board — finger and Pencil both draw.
- [Layers](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-layers): Stack your Space in layers — trace over a locked photo, keep furniture apart from notes, or hide the options you're comparing.
- [My Library](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-my-library): Everything you collect in one tab: what AI tools make, textures, shapes and styles, with search and sort.
- [Split into Layers](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-split-layers): Cut the objects in a photo onto layers of their own, then move, hide or rearrange them.
- [3D designs in a Space](https://www.umake.com/learn/embed-3d-designs): Place your uMake designs on the board and orbit them live without leaving the Space.
- [Notes, photos & media](https://www.umake.com/learn/notes-photos-media): Fill your Space with sticky notes, text, photos, camera shots, and videos.
- [Insert from Files](https://www.umake.com/learn/insert-from-files): Bring 3D model files from the Files app and content from other apps straight onto your board.
- [Scene Studio](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-scene-studio-basics): Edit objects, change the atmosphere, and turn an image into a story.
- [Live Preview in Spaces](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-live-preview): See an AI-rendered version of your board update beside you while you sketch.
- [Space AI tools](https://www.umake.com/learn/spaces-ai-tools): Choose a tool, use your selection, and build on the results.
- [Flows](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-flows): Connect a picture to AI cards, run them with one tap, and update every result when the picture changes.
- [Edit with an image reference](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-image-tools): Guide an edit with a material, style or subject image.
- [Explore image variations](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-variations): Try distinct directions while keeping the same subject.
- [Build a presentation set](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-presentation): Turn one image into complementary views on an organized board.
- [Create a color palette](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-palettes): Make editable swatches from an idea or an image.
- [Create a texture set](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-textures): Generate separate, coordinated surfaces you can reuse.
- [Reuse saved palettes and textures](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-saved-sets): Keep useful sets close at hand without generating again.
- [Apply a style](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-apply-style): Restyle images with a preset or with a style you saved.
- [Save your own style](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-saved-styles): Keep a visual direction to reuse on different subjects.
- [Compose a scene](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-compose): Bring separate items together in one new image.
- [Create a view study](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-view-study): Collect distinct moments from footage you already have.
- [Explore angles in Scene Studio](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-scene-studio): Reimagine an image and build a sequence of changes.
- [Stop a generation](https://www.umake.com/learn/space-generation): Stay in control while a result is being prepared.

### App & Files

- [The New Home](https://www.umake.com/learn/home-configurator): Start a project from the home screen — describe it or pick a project type, and land in the editor with a scene already set up.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://www.umake.com/learn/keyboard-shortcuts): Work faster with a hardware keyboard — every canvas shortcut in one place.
- [Organise Your Designs](https://www.umake.com/learn/organise-designs): Keep your library tidy with folders and favourites, and find any design fast.
- [Duplicate & Move Designs](https://www.umake.com/learn/rename-duplicate-move): Manage any design from its card menu — copy it, or file it into a folder.
- [Deleted Files & Recovery](https://www.umake.com/learn/deleted-files-recovery): Know what deleting a design does, and how to keep a safety copy before you let one go.
- [Import 3D Files](https://www.umake.com/learn/import-3d-files): Bring models from other tools into uMake — SketchUp, OBJ, STL, STEP, and more.
- [Autosave & Offline](https://www.umake.com/learn/files-autosave-offline): uMake saves your work automatically and keeps it in sync, even when the connection drops.

### Account

- [Subscription & credits](https://www.umake.com/learn/subscription-credits): Know how your plan's monthly AI credits work and check how much you have left.
- [Sign-in & your account](https://www.umake.com/learn/sign-in-account): Sign in once and your designs and subscription follow you to every device.

## Optional

- [Every help topic in full](https://www.umake.com/llms-full.txt): step-by-step instructions for touch, Apple Pencil and keyboard
- [What's new in uMake 10](https://www.umake.com/updates)
- [Contact](https://www.umake.com/contact): hello@umake.com

## Help topics in full

### Orbit Around Your Design

See your model from any angle by circling the camera around it. (https://www.umake.com/learn/orbit)

**Touch**

1. Tap the orbit button in the bottom-left toolbar to enter Orbit mode, then drag anywhere on the canvas with one finger to orbit around your design.
2. While a drawing tool is active, hold the orbit button with one hand and drag on the canvas with the other hand to orbit without leaving the tool.
3. Quick-tap the orbit button to lock Orbit mode on, and tap it again to unlock.

**Apple Pencil**

1. In Apple Pencil mode, drag with a finger to orbit while your Pencil keeps drawing.
2. Two-finger gestures still pan and zoom the camera as usual.

**Keyboard**

1. Hold Option (⌥) and drag with your mouse or trackpad to orbit the camera.
2. Press keypad 1, 3, or 7 to jump to the front, right, or top view.

### Pan & zoom

Glide, zoom, and roll the camera with two fingers — in any mode, with any tool active. (https://www.umake.com/learn/pan-zoom)

**Touch**

1. Drag with two fingers anywhere on the canvas to pan the view.
2. Pinch two fingers apart to zoom in, or pinch them together to zoom out.
3. Twist two fingers to roll the camera.
4. These gestures work at any time — even while a drawing tool is active or Apple Pencil mode is on.

**Apple Pencil**

1. Two-finger pan, pinch zoom, and twist roll keep working while Apple Pencil mode is on — use your fingers for the camera and the Pencil to draw.
2. Drag with two fingers to pan, pinch to zoom, and twist to roll, exactly as without the Pencil.

**Keyboard**

1. Hold the Space bar (␣) and drag to pan the view.
2. Press ⌘ and + to zoom in, or ⌘ and − to zoom out at the pointer; keep the keys held to keep zooming.
3. On a trackpad, scroll with two fingers to pan, and hold Control (⌃) while scrolling to zoom.

### Camera views & presets

Snap the camera straight onto any side of your design from the view menu's presets. (https://www.umake.com/learn/camera-views)

**Touch**

1. Tap the view menu button at the bottom of the left toolbar — it shows a small live view cube, or the name of the current view.
2. Choose Top, Front, Left, Back, Bottom, or Right to snap the camera squarely onto that side of your design.
3. Choose Iso NE, Iso NW, Iso SE, or Iso SW for an angled three-quarter view.
4. A checkmark marks the preset you are currently viewing from.

**Keyboard**

1. On the numeric keypad, press 1 for the Front view, 3 for the Right view, and 7 for the Top view.

### Perspective & orthographic

Switch between a natural perspective camera and a true-to-scale orthographic view. (https://www.umake.com/learn/projection-modes)

**Touch**

1. Open the view menu at the bottom of the left toolbar and tap Settings.
2. Drag the Lens of View & Dolly slider all the way left to Orthographic — parallel edges stay parallel, so sizes read true at any depth.
3. Drag the slider right toward Perspective for a natural camera view where distant edges converge.
4. Use orthographic to check proportions and alignment, and perspective to present how the design really looks.

**Keyboard**

1. Press 5 on the numeric keypad to switch between perspective and orthographic.
2. Open the view menu and tap Settings to reach the Lens of View & Dolly slider.

### Zoom extents

Bring your whole design back into view, framed and centered, in one tap. (https://www.umake.com/learn/zoom-extents)

**Touch**

1. Tap the view menu button at the bottom of the left toolbar.
2. Tap Zoom Extents — the camera moves so your entire design fits centered in the view.
3. If you ever lose sight of your model, Zoom Extents always brings it back into view.

**Keyboard**

1. Click the view menu button at the bottom of the left toolbar, then choose Zoom Extents.

### Draw a Curve (Precision)

Drag precise line and arc segments that chain into an exact profile. (https://www.umake.com/learn/draw-curve-precision)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar and choose Precision.
2. Drag on the canvas — Precision rubber-bands a straight, snapped line; curve your drag to sweep an arc. Release to place the segment.
3. Start your next drag at the endpoint to chain segments, and end the last segment on your first point to close the shape — a closed loop fills with a surface automatically while Auto Surface is on in Settings.
4. To orbit while the tool is active, hold the orbit button in the bottom-left toolbar and drag with your other hand, or quick-tap the button to lock orbit.

**Apple Pencil**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar, choose Precision, and drag with the Apple Pencil to lay each segment.
2. With Apple Pencil mode on, a one-finger drag orbits the camera while the Pencil keeps drawing — no orbit button needed.

**Keyboard**

1. Press 1 to switch to the Precision tool.
2. Click and drag on the canvas to lay straight or arc segments; chain drags from each endpoint.
3. Press keypad Enter (⏎) to finish the current tool, or Esc (⎋) to deselect.

### Pen Tool

Drag once and the Pen lays down a single smooth, even curve. (https://www.umake.com/learn/pen-tool)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar and choose Pen.
2. Touch the canvas and drag — the Pen follows your finger and settles into one smooth curve when you lift.
3. For an even steadier line, open the Tool menu while Pen is active and adjust Pen Stabilizer.
4. To orbit while the tool is active, hold the orbit button in the bottom-left toolbar and drag with your other hand, or quick-tap the button to lock orbit.

**Apple Pencil**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar, choose Pen, and drag the Apple Pencil across the canvas to lay down a smooth curve.
2. With Apple Pencil mode on, a one-finger drag orbits the camera while the Pencil keeps drawing.

**Keyboard**

1. Press 2 to switch to the Pen tool.
2. Click and drag on the canvas to draw a smooth curve.

### Freestyle Sketching

Sketch loose, expressive strokes — and let a closed loop fill itself with colour. (https://www.umake.com/learn/freestyle-sketching)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar and choose Freestyle.
2. Drag anywhere on the canvas to sketch a loose, expressive stroke.
3. Pick a stroke character — Ink, Pencil, Marker, Charcoal, or Chalk — from the Brush button that appears while Freestyle is active.
4. Turn on Fill Area (the drop icon in the top toolbar) and every stroke closes itself when you lift, filling the loop with your ink colour.
5. To orbit while the tool is active, hold the orbit button in the bottom-left toolbar and drag with your other hand, or quick-tap the button to lock orbit.

**Apple Pencil**

1. Tap the Tool button in the top toolbar, choose Freestyle, and sketch with the Apple Pencil.
2. With Apple Pencil mode on, a one-finger drag orbits the camera while the Pencil keeps sketching.

**Keyboard**

1. Press 3 to switch to the Freestyle tool.
2. Click and drag on the canvas to sketch.

### Apple Pencil Mode

The Pencil draws while one finger orbits — two instruments working at once. (https://www.umake.com/learn/apple-pencil-mode)

**Touch**

1. Open the More menu (the … button in the top toolbar), choose Settings, and under 3D Navigation choose Apple Pencil.
2. The orbit button disappears — drag with one finger to orbit the camera while the Apple Pencil draws and edits.
3. Single-finger taps are ignored in this mode; two-finger gestures still pan, zoom, and roll, and two- or three-finger double-taps still undo and redo.
4. If the Pencil disconnects, uMake shows an alert and switches back to the orbit button automatically.

### Brush Size & Colour

Set stroke thickness with the slider and pick any ink colour before you draw. (https://www.umake.com/learn/brush-size-colour)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Color button in the top toolbar to open the colour picker and choose your ink colour.
2. Tap the Thickness button in the top toolbar and drag the vertical slider to set the stroke width.
3. Your next strokes use the new colour and thickness.

**Keyboard**

1. Press [ to make the brush thinner and ] to make it thicker.

### Control-Point Editing

Drag a curve's control points to reshape it precisely. (https://www.umake.com/learn/control-point-editing)

**Touch**

1. Tap a curve to select it, then choose Edit from the contextual menu.
2. Drag any control point — the curve reshapes live as you move it.
3. Tap an empty area of the canvas when you are done editing.

**Keyboard**

1. Click a curve to select it, choose Edit, then drag control points with the pointer.
2. Press Esc (⎋) to deselect when you are done.

### Create a Surface

Close a loop of curves and uMake fills it with a surface automatically. (https://www.umake.com/learn/create-surface)

**Touch**

1. Draw curves whose endpoints connect into a closed loop — finish the last curve on the first curve's endpoint.
2. The moment the loop closes, uMake fills it with a surface; Auto Surface is on by default and can be toggled in Settings.
3. With Freestyle's Fill Area mode on, a single stroke closes and fills itself the moment you lift.

### Sketch Planes

Aim the invisible sheet your strokes land on, pin it in place, and save it for later. (https://www.umake.com/learn/sketch-planes)

**Touch**

1. Strokes always land on the active sketch plane; by default it follows your camera view, so orbit first to aim your drawing plane.
2. While Freestyle is active, tap Pin Paper (the pin icon in the top toolbar) to keep sketching on the same sheet while you orbit around it.
3. With a sketch plane selected, the contextual menu lets you move or rotate it, and Capture saves it to your Sketch Planes list.
4. Open the Layers panel from the top toolbar, switch its title dropdown to Sketch Planes, and tap a saved plane to make it active again — uMake can also move the camera to face it.

### Sketch on Surface

Draw directly on a 3D surface and your strokes wrap to its shape. (https://www.umake.com/learn/sketch-on-surface)

**Touch**

1. Tap a surface to select it, then choose Sketch from the contextual menu.
2. Draw on the surface — every stroke conforms to its curvature instead of floating in space.
3. Switch tools or tap an empty area of the canvas when you are done.

### Text Tool

Place text on the canvas and style it like any other object. (https://www.umake.com/learn/text-tool)

**Touch**

1. Open the More tools menu (the wrench icon in the top toolbar) and choose Text.
2. Type your text with the keyboard — it lands on the canvas as a text object.
3. Select placed text at any time and choose Edit Text from the contextual menu to change it, or Make Object to turn it into 3D geometry.

### Select & multi-select

Pick out one shape with a tap, or gather several at once with the lasso. (https://www.umake.com/learn/select-multiselect)

**Touch**

1. Tap a shape to select it; double-tap it to deselect it.
2. Double-tap an empty area of the canvas to deselect everything.
3. Triple-tap a shape to also select its connected neighbours; triple-tap the same shape again to select the whole connected structure.
4. Hold the lasso button above the orbit button in the bottom-left toolbar and drag around shapes to select several at once; quick-tap the button instead to lock lasso mode on.

**Keyboard**

1. Hold ⌘ and drag across the canvas to select several shapes at once.
2. Press ⌘L to enter the lasso multi-select tool.
3. Press Esc (⎋) to deselect everything.

### Move, rotate, scale

Move, rotate and scale any selection with the handles on its selection box. (https://www.umake.com/learn/transform-shapes)

**Touch**

1. Select a shape, then drag it to move it along its plane.
2. Drag one of the axis arrows to move the selection along a single axis.
3. Drag a rotation knob on the selection box to rotate the selection around its pivot.
4. Drag a corner knob to scale the selection.

### Undo & redo

Step backwards and forwards through your changes from anywhere on the canvas. (https://www.umake.com/learn/undo-redo)

**Touch**

1. Double-tap anywhere on the canvas with two fingers to undo.
2. Double-tap anywhere with three fingers to redo.
3. You can also tap the undo and redo buttons in the bottom-left toolbar.

**Apple Pencil**

1. The finger gestures keep working in Apple Pencil mode: double-tap with two fingers to undo, and with three fingers to redo.
2. The undo and redo buttons in the bottom-left toolbar work as usual.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘Z to undo; hold it down to keep undoing.
2. Press ⇧⌘Z to redo; hold it down to keep redoing.

### Copy, paste, duplicate

Split an exact copy off any selection and place it right where you want it. (https://www.umake.com/learn/copy-paste-duplicate)

**Touch**

1. Select the shapes you want to copy.
2. Tap Duplicate in the selection menu to turn on copy mode.
3. Drag the selection — the original stays in place and a copy moves with your finger.
4. Tap Duplicate again to turn copy mode off and go back to moving the original.
5. Tap Cut (the scissors icon) instead to turn on cut mode — dragging then lifts the selection out and moves it, rather than leaving the original behind. Cut and Duplicate are mutually exclusive: turning one on turns the other off.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘D to turn copy mode on or off for the current selection, then drag to place the copy.

### Groups & ungroup

Combine shapes into one group that moves as a unit, and take it apart again. (https://www.umake.com/learn/groups-ungroup)

**Touch**

1. Select two or more shapes.
2. Tap Group in the selection menu to combine them into one group that selects and moves together.
3. Select a group and tap Ungroup in the selection menu to separate it back into its parts.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘G to group the selected shapes.
2. Press ⇧⌘G to ungroup the selected group.

### Layers

Organise your design onto layers you can hide, lock, fade and reorder, and gather them into collections. (https://www.umake.com/learn/layers)

**Touch**

1. Hide, lock or fade parts of your design. Touch and hold a layer for more.
2. Tap Layers in the top toolbar to open the panel. On iPhone, choose Layers in the More menu (⋯).
3. Tap a layer to make it the active layer — new shapes are added to it.
4. Tap + to add a layer above the active one. The new layer becomes the active layer.
5. Tap the eye to hide a layer, or the lock to keep it from changing. To fade a layer, touch and hold it and choose Opacity.
6. Double-tap a layer to rename it. To reorder, touch and hold it, then drag it up or down. Drop it on a collection to put it inside.
7. In a layer's menu, Select Objects selects its shapes, Show In Drawing zooms to them, and Move Objects Here moves your selection onto the layer.
8. Show Items lists a layer's shapes. Tap one to select it, or touch and hold it for Show In Drawing and, on a group, Edit Group.
9. To put a layer in a new collection, touch and hold it and choose New Collection. Tap a collection to open or close it.
10. A collection's eye and lock hide or lock everything inside. To fade every layer in it, touch and hold the collection and choose Opacity.
11. Delete asks first, then removes a layer with its shapes, or a collection with everything in it. The Default layer always stays.
12. Tap the panel's title to switch between Layers and Sketch Planes.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘I to open or close the Layers panel.
2. Press ⇧⌘N to add a layer above the active one.
3. Press ⇧⌘H to hide or show the active layer, and ⌥⌘L to lock or unlock it.
4. Double-click a layer to rename it, or right-click it for its menu.
5. To reorder, click and hold a layer, then drag it up or down.

### Snapping & symmetry

Let points click onto the grid, and mirror everything you draw across an axis. (https://www.umake.com/learn/snapping-symmetry)

**Touch**

1. Open Settings from the More menu (the … button in the top toolbar) and choose the Workspace tab to find the Snap settings.
2. Turn on snap toggles like Grid, Lines, Surfaces and Selection box — as you draw or move shapes, points snap onto grid intersections and existing geometry, with an indicator marking each snap.
3. Tap Advanced in the Snap section header for finer per-type snap controls.
4. Turn on Symmetry for the X, Y or Z axis in the same Workspace tab — everything you draw is mirrored live across that axis. Tap the axis again to turn it off.

**Keyboard**

1. Press G to show or hide the grid.

### Pivot

Move the pivot point so rotation and scaling swing around exactly the spot you choose. (https://www.umake.com/learn/pivot)

**Touch**

1. Select one or more shapes, then tap the pivot point shown on the selection.
2. Drag the pivot to a new position — the axis arrows help you move it along a single axis.
3. Rotation and scaling now happen around the new pivot position.
4. Tap Reset in the tool menu to move the pivot back to the selection centre.

### Edit a group

Step inside a group to edit its members individually, then step back out. (https://www.umake.com/learn/edit-group)

**Touch**

1. Select a group, then tap Edit Group in the selection menu to step inside it.
2. Inside the group, everything else dims and you can select and edit the group's members individually.
3. Use the breadcrumb bar at the top of the canvas to step back out through nested groups — tap ✕ to exit all levels at once.

**Keyboard**

1. Press Esc (⎋) to step out of the group you are editing.

### Components

Turn a shape into a reusable component whose linked copies all update together. (https://www.umake.com/learn/components)

**Touch**

1. Select the shapes or group you want to reuse, then tap Component in the selection menu.
2. Duplicate the component to place more instances — every instance stays linked.
3. Edit inside any instance and all linked instances update with it.
4. Select an instance and tap Detach Instance in the selection menu to break the link and make it independent.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘D to toggle copy mode on a selected instance, then drag to place another linked instance.

### Extrude

Pull a flat closed curve or surface straight up into a solid shape. (https://www.umake.com/learn/extrude)

**Touch**

1. Select a closed curve or a flat surface on the canvas.
2. Tap Extrude in the contextual menu that appears for your selection.
3. Drag to pull the profile into a solid — the extrusion follows your finger.
4. Use the Two ways option in the tool menu to extrude in both directions at once.

**Keyboard**

1. With a closed curve or surface selected, press E to start the Extrude tool.
2. Drag with the pointer or trackpad to set the extrusion height.

### Push & Pull

Push a face in or pull it out to reshape a solid directly. (https://www.umake.com/learn/push-pull)

**Touch**

1. Select the surface you want to reshape.
2. Drag the face outward to add volume, or push it inward to carve volume away.
3. The movement follows the face's own direction, so the shape stays true while you drag.

### Revolve

Spin a profile curve around an axis to build a symmetrical 3D form. (https://www.umake.com/learn/revolve)

**Touch**

1. Draw the profile curve you want to spin — one half of the final outline.
2. Select the profile and tap Revolve in the contextual menu.
3. Define the direction and drag to sweep the profile around the axis.
4. Use the Angle option to set an exact revolution angle.

**Keyboard**

1. With a profile curve selected, press R to start the Revolve tool.

### Mirror

Reflect a copy of your shapes across the X, Y or Z axis. (https://www.umake.com/learn/mirror)

**Touch**

1. Select the shapes you want to mirror.
2. Tap Mirror in the contextual menu.
3. Choose the X, Y or Z axis in the popover — a mirrored copy appears across that axis.

**Keyboard**

1. Select shapes and press M to mirror them, then choose the X, Y or Z axis.

### Array

Repeat a shape in a line, circle or grid with even spacing. (https://www.umake.com/learn/array)

**Touch**

1. Select the shape you want to repeat.
2. Tap Array in the contextual menu.
3. Pick a type — Linear, Circular or Grid — then set Copies and Spacing.
4. Add Randomness to scatter the copies slightly for a natural look.

### Offset

Create a parallel twin of a curve at the exact distance you choose. (https://www.umake.com/learn/offset)

**Touch**

1. Select the curve you want to offset.
2. Tap Offset in the contextual menu.
3. Drag to place the parallel copy at the distance you want.

### Fillet & Chamfer

Round a sharp corner into a fillet or cut it into a flat chamfer. (https://www.umake.com/learn/fillet-chamfer)

**Touch**

1. Select a shape with sharp corners.
2. Tap Corner in the contextual menu.
3. Drag the curves to one side to round the corners into fillets; drag the other way for straight chamfers.
4. Tap a corner curve to leave it out of the operation; tap it again to include it.

### Extrude Along Path

Sweep a profile along any curve to form tubes, rails and mouldings. (https://www.umake.com/learn/extrude-along-path)

**Touch**

1. Select a profile curve, then tap Extrude Along Path in the contextual menu.
2. Double-tap the path curve, then drag the handle along it to sweep the shape.
3. Use Switch Shapes if the profile and the path are the wrong way around.
4. Turn on Closed Edges to cap the ends of the swept shape.

### Loft

Skin a smooth surface between two or more profile curves. (https://www.umake.com/learn/loft)

**Touch**

1. Draw the profile curves you want to connect, spaced apart in 3D.
2. Select all of the profile curves together.
3. uMake previews the surface between the selected curves — approve it to skin them into one smooth loft.

### Split Surfaces

Draw a curve across a face to divide it into separate surfaces. (https://www.umake.com/learn/split-surfaces)

**Touch**

1. Select a surface and tap Sketch in the contextual menu to sketch on it.
2. Draw a curve across the face from edge to edge.
3. The curve splits the surface — each piece can now be selected, coloured or modelled on its own.

### Preview Boolean operations

Combine shapes after checking the result in 3D. (https://www.umake.com/learn/booleans-3d)

**Touch**

1. Select compatible bodies and open Combine to preview before applying.
2. Union joins shapes; Subtract cuts tools from the target; Intersect keeps their overlap.
3. Choose the Target, then tap Preview. Changing an option requires a new preview.
4. Use Review in 3D to inspect the result, then reopen Combine and tap Apply.
5. Cancel discards the preview. Undo reverses an applied operation.

### Project Shape

Conform a flat grille or pattern to a curved body. (https://www.umake.com/learn/project-shape)

**Touch**

1. Select the shapes to conform, then open Project Shape from the selection toolbar or More.
2. Tap the target surface, mesh or group directly in the canvas. The other selected shapes are the sources; the target stays unchanged.
3. Follow Surface aligns the source to the target and follows its curvature. Options adjusts size, rotation and clearance in document units.
4. Drag on the target to move the preview. Use the orbit control to inspect it, or Change Target to pick another body.
5. Choose Keep Originals if needed, then Apply. Cancel discards the preview; Undo reverses the applied change.
6. Curves become sampled polylines and surfaces become meshes. Groups keep their structure; instance results become independent.
7. If the shape reaches a surface edge or cannot conform there, drag to another spot or reduce its size in Options. Directional X, Y or Z projection is available by turning off Follow Surface.
8. This conforms existing geometry; it does not cut holes in the target. Use Combine for cuts. Apply commits the preview as one undoable change.
9. In Design Partner, ask “Project the grille onto the speaker body.” Review the same 3D preview before applying.
10. Use Inset to overlap the target before Subtract. The target remains unchanged until you combine the shapes.
11. Change Face selects another side. Flip Face turns it over; Rotation spins it on the surface.

### 3D Text

Turn text into a real 3D object you can model like any other shape. (https://www.umake.com/learn/text-3d)

**Touch**

1. Add text with the Text tool from the More menu (the wrench icon) in the top toolbar.
2. Select the text object on the canvas.
3. Tap Make Object in the contextual menu — the text becomes editable geometry.
4. Model the result like any shape — extrude the outlines to give the letters depth.

### Mesh Editing

Edit a mesh face by face: select, move, extrude and delete its geometry directly. (https://www.umake.com/learn/mesh-editing)

**Touch**

1. Select exactly one mesh surface, then tap Mesh Edit in the contextual menu.
2. Switch between Face, Edge and Vertex selection with the chips in the contextual toolbar.
3. Tap faces to select them, and drag vertices to move them.
4. Tap the Done checkmark to finish editing.

**Keyboard**

1. Press 1, 2 or 3 to switch between Face, Edge and Vertex selection.
2. Press E to extrude the selected faces.
3. Press X or Delete (⌫) to delete the selected faces.
4. Press Esc (⎋) to leave Mesh Edit.

### Dimensions & Measuring

Measure objects and place dimension lines that document your design. (https://www.umake.com/learn/dimensions-measuring)

**Touch**

1. Open Dimensions from the More menu (the wrench icon) in the top toolbar.
2. Tap an object to measure it, or long-press to pick a point.
3. Long-press a second point, or drag, to draw a distance line between them.
4. Select a dimension and tap Edit Dimensions in the contextual menu, then drag its handle to adjust the measurement.
5. Show or hide all dimensions with the Dimensions toggle in the view menu's Appearance settings.

### Colours & Textures

Give any shape a new colour or a texture in a couple of taps. (https://www.umake.com/learn/colours-textures)

**Touch**

1. Tap a shape on the canvas to select it — the contextual menu appears beside your selection.
2. Tap the Color button in the contextual menu and pick a new colour in the colour picker.
3. For textures, tap the Add button (plus icon) in the top toolbar and open the Textures category.
4. Tap a texture once to download it, then tap it again to apply it — or drag the downloaded texture from the panel straight onto a surface.

### PBR Materials

Make surfaces read as glossy, metallic or matte with material presets and roughness controls. (https://www.umake.com/learn/pbr-materials)

**Touch**

1. Select a surface, then tap the Add button (plus icon) in the top toolbar and open the Materials category.
2. Tap a material preset to apply it to the selected surfaces.
3. Tap the custom material to open its settings, with Roughness and Metallic sliders plus colour and emissive controls.
4. Lower Roughness sharpens reflections for a glossy finish; higher Roughness spreads them into a soft matte look.

### Lighting & Environment

Light your model with environments and a movable sun, and watch the shadows follow. (https://www.umake.com/learn/lighting-environment)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Render button in the top toolbar to open the Render panel.
2. In the Environment section, tap an environment thumbnail to light your model with it, then adjust Intensity, Rotation and Blur.
3. In the Lighting section, pick a scenario: Sun, Studio or Custom.
4. With Sun selected, drag the Time of Day slider and set the Season and North direction — the shadows follow the sun.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘⇧R to open or close the Render panel.
2. In the Environment section, click an environment thumbnail to light your model with it, then adjust Intensity, Rotation and Blur.
3. In the Lighting section, pick a scenario: Sun, Studio or Custom.
4. With Sun selected, drag the Time of Day slider and set the Season and North direction — the shadows follow the sun.

### Rendering

Turn flat shading into a rendered scene with environment light, soft shadows and visual styles. (https://www.umake.com/learn/rendering-hq)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Render button in the top toolbar to open the Render panel.
2. Choose an environment and a lighting scenario to move from flat shading to a realistically lit model.
3. Turn on Ground Shadow to anchor your model with a soft shadow.
4. Switch to the Style tab for CAD visual styles — Standard, Architectural Clay, Technical Ink, Paper Sketch, Blueprint and more — plus the canvas background.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘⇧R to open or close the Render panel.
2. Choose an environment and a lighting scenario to move from flat shading to a realistically lit model.
3. Turn on Ground Shadow to anchor your model with a soft shadow.
4. Switch to the Style tab for CAD visual styles — Standard, Architectural Clay, Technical Ink, Paper Sketch, Blueprint and more — plus the canvas background.

### Slides & Presenting

Capture views as slides and present them full screen. (https://www.umake.com/learn/slides-presenting)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Slides button on the left of the top toolbar to open the slides sidebar.
2. Tap the plus button in the sidebar to capture the current view as a new slide.
3. Touch and hold a slide for its menu — Select, Duplicate, Skip, and Delete.
4. Tap the play button to present your slides full screen.
5. With Manual mode selected in the slides settings, tap the right side of the screen for the next slide and the left side for the previous one — in Auto mode slides advance on their own.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘⇧S to open or close the slides sidebar.
2. Click the plus button in the sidebar to capture the current view as a new slide.
3. Each slide's menu offers Duplicate and Delete.
4. Click the play button to present your slides full screen.
5. With Manual mode selected in the slides settings, click the right side of the screen for the next slide and the left side for the previous one — in Auto mode slides advance on their own.

### Markup Mode

Sketch notes directly over a slide — the view stays still while you draw. (https://www.umake.com/learn/markup-mode)

**Touch**

1. In the slides sidebar, select a slide and tap the markup button (pencil tip icon) at the bottom.
2. Draw over the slide with your finger — in markup the slide stays still, so strokes land exactly where you draw.
3. Pick pens, markers, the eraser and colours from the tool picker.
4. Finger drawing follows the system Draw with Finger setting in the tool picker; turn it off to draw with Apple Pencil only.
5. Tap Done to save your markup, or Cancel to discard it.

**Apple Pencil**

1. In the slides sidebar, select a slide and tap the markup button (pencil tip icon) at the bottom.
2. Draw over the slide with Apple Pencil — the Pencil always draws in markup, whatever the Draw with Finger setting.
3. Pick pens, markers, the eraser and colours from the tool picker.
4. Tap Done to save your markup, or Cancel to discard it.

### Export & Share

Send your design out as an image, a video or a 3D file from the share menu. (https://www.umake.com/learn/export-share)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Share button in the top-right toolbar to open the share menu.
2. Choose Image to save a snapshot of the canvas straight to your Photos.
3. Choose Hi-Res Image or Save As to export PNG, MP4, STL, OBJ, USDZ, IGES, STEP or UMK files.
4. The same menu offers View in AR and a Full Screen presentation mode.

### Insert Content

Drop models, textures and your own uploads onto the canvas from the built-in library. (https://www.umake.com/learn/insert-content)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Add button (plus icon) in the top toolbar to open the Add panel.
2. Browse the categories — Uploads, Elements, Parametric, Textures and Materials — or use search to find an item.
3. Tap an item once to download it, then tap the downloaded item to place it on the canvas. Materials apply to your selected surfaces instead — see the PBR Materials topic.
4. You can also drag an item from the panel onto the canvas to drop it exactly where you want it.
5. In the Add panel, open My Library (the books icon) to reuse what your AI tools made, in Media and Textures. A 3D model is imported into your design, a picture can be applied as a texture, and a texture goes straight onto the selected surface.

### Live AI Preview

Split the canvas with a live pane where an AI render of your design updates as you work. (https://www.umake.com/learn/live-ai-preview)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Live Preview button on the right side of the editor's top toolbar to split the canvas with a live AI render pane.
2. Keep designing on the canvas half — while Update Automatically is on, the pane renders a fresh AI image of your design after each change.
3. Type in the "Describe the look…" field at the bottom of the preview pane and tap the send button to steer what the AI renders.
4. Drag the rendered image straight onto your canvas, or open the ⋯ menu to Save to Photos or Insert into Design.
5. To stop, open the ⋯ menu in the preview header and choose Close Preview.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘⇧L to open or close the Live AI Preview split.
2. Keep designing — while Update Automatically is on, the pane renders a fresh AI image of your design after each change.
3. Type in the "Describe the look…" field and press Return (↩) to send the prompt and re-render.
4. Drag the rendered image onto your canvas, or use the ⋯ menu to Save to Photos or Insert into Design.

### Creativity & Styles

Choose how boldly the AI reinterprets your design and pick the look it renders in. (https://www.umake.com/learn/creativity-styles)

**Touch**

1. Drag the Creativity slider at the bottom of the Live Preview pane — low values stay faithful to your geometry, high values give the AI more artistic freedom.
2. Tap the style chip in the preview header and pick a preset such as Photorealistic, Clay, Product Shot, Sketch, or Blueprint.
3. The preview re-renders automatically after each change, so you can compare settings by watching the pane.

### Enhance

Re-render the preview you are looking at in higher fidelity without changing its composition. (https://www.umake.com/learn/enhance-refine)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Enhance button (the wand icon) below the preview image to re-render the current frame at higher quality.
2. Enhance refines the image you already see — the silhouette and composition stay the same while details, lighting, and textures sharpen.
3. Wait for the Enhancing… state to finish; an enhanced render takes longer than a live update.
4. Save, insert, or drag the enhanced result onto your canvas like any other preview image.

### Style, Photos & 4 Views

Match an uploaded image's style, place your model into a photo, and render four angles at once. (https://www.umake.com/learn/style-scene-views)

**Touch**

1. Open the ⋯ menu in the Live Preview header and choose "Match a Style…", then pick a photo — the preview adopts that image's style until you clear it.
2. Choose "Place in a Photo…" from the same menu to pick a photo and render your model into that scene.
3. Choose "4 Views" to open a sheet that renders Front, Side, Rear, and 3/4 views of your design at once; each shot can be saved, inserted, or dragged onto the canvas.
4. To stop matching a style, tap the small reference thumbnail chip in the preview header, or choose "Clear Style Reference" from the ⋯ menu.

### Design Partner

Chat with an AI partner that builds and edits 3D geometry directly on your canvas. (https://www.umake.com/learn/design-partner)

**Touch**

1. Tap the Design Partner button among the panel buttons on the right side of the editor's top toolbar to open the chat panel.
2. Describe what you want to build or change in the message field — for example a shape to create, or an edit to something already on the canvas — and send the message.
3. The Design Partner creates or edits geometry directly in your design; keep the conversation going to refine the result step by step.
4. Tap the Design Partner button again to close the panel — your chat stays with this design.

### Space AI tools

Choose a tool, use your selection, and build on the results. (https://www.umake.com/learn/spaces-ai-tools)

**Touch**

1. Open AI Tools using the sparkles button in your Space’s toolbar.
2. Select an image first to use the tools under Photo, such as Edit, Remove Background and Variations. The tools under Create start something new.
3. Use palette and texture tools for reusable sets. Compose a Scene and Save as Style, under Photo, work with the items you select.
4. Review results in chat. Use Add to Space when offered; Compose a Scene places its result beside the sources automatically.

### Flows

Connect a picture to AI cards, run them with one tap, and update every result when the picture changes. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-flows)

**Touch**

1. Flows tie your AI work to the picture it comes from. Put a photo, a video or a 3D design in a source frame, connect cards to it, and run them. Change the picture, then update everything in one tap.
2. A source frame is the dashed rectangle a flow starts from. In AI Tools, open Flows and add a Source, or select a photo or a 3D design and start from a template. Drop a photo, a video or a design into the frame, or draw in it. Whatever is inside is what the cards read.
3. A card is one AI step, such as Make ideas, Apply a style or Make a presentation. Add one with Add a card. To connect it, select the frame or another card and drag the dot on its edge to the new card, or double tap the dot to choose one. A card reads the frame, or the pictures another card made.
4. Every card shows its price on its button, and nothing is charged until you tap. Run makes the card’s first set of pictures. A run that could cost more than 100 credits asks once before it starts.
5. Change the source and its cards turn amber and read Out of date. Update redraws the same ideas on the changed picture, and you choose whether to keep the old set or replace it. Select the frame and choose Update cards to bring all of its cards up to date at once.
6. A card that reads another card’s set uses the pictures you check. Every picture starts checked. Under Pictures to use, tap a picture to check or uncheck it, or choose Check all. Apply a style, Edit the picture, Make a presentation and Upscale run once for each checked picture, so the price follows your checks. Make ideas reads one picture, so you choose which.
7. Live lets a card update by itself. Turn on Update by itself in the card’s settings, and it redraws its pictures in place each time you finish changing the source, without adding a set. Live spends credits without a tap, so it first asks you to set a limit for the Space (50 is suggested) and pauses when it reaches it. Tap Allow more to go on, or change the limit. Updates you start yourself never count toward it. Upscale never runs Live.
8. The Design Partner can build a flow for you. In a Space, ask for something like “Make three ideas of this chair and a presentation of the best.” It places the frame, the cards and the connections in one step and shows a Run button with the price. Nothing runs until you tap it, and one Undo removes the whole flow.

### Spaces basics

Arrange sketches, notes, photos, and 3D designs together on one infinite board. (https://www.umake.com/learn/spaces-basics)

**Touch**

1. Create a Space from the home screen: tap Start Blank and choose Space, or tap + while viewing your Spaces list.
2. Drag anywhere on the board with one finger to pan — the board extends in every direction as you go.
3. Pinch with two fingers to zoom the board in or out.
4. Tap an element to select it, drag it to move it, and pull its corner handles to resize it.

### Doodle on the Board

Sketch freely anywhere on the board — finger and Pencil both draw. (https://www.umake.com/learn/doodle-shapes)

**Touch**

1. Tap Doodle in the Space toolbar to enter doodle mode — the drawing tool picker appears.
2. Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil — in doodle mode both always draw.
3. Pick pens, markers, colors, the eraser, and the lasso from the tool picker.
4. Tap the blue checkmark to leave doodle mode — your drawing becomes a board element you can move and resize like any card.

### Layers

Stack your Space in layers — trace over a locked photo, keep furniture apart from notes, or hide the options you're comparing. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-layers)

**Touch**

1. Hide, lock or fade parts of your board. Touch and hold a layer for more.
2. Tap Layers in the toolbar to open the panel. On iPhone, choose Layers in the More menu (⋯).
3. Tap + to add a layer. Touch and hold + for New Group and, with items selected, New Layer from Selection.
4. Tap a layer to add new items to it. On iPad, the chip beside the zoom button shows that layer — touch and hold the chip to pick another.
5. Tap the eye to hide a layer, or the lock to keep it from changing. To fade a layer, touch and hold it and choose Opacity.
6. Show Only This Layer hides the rest; Show All Layers in the ⋯ menu brings them back.
7. Double-tap a layer to rename it. To reorder, touch and hold it, then drag it up or down.
8. Merge Down combines a layer with the one below it; Show Items lists what's on a layer.
9. Delete Layer… lets you delete its items too, or keep them on another layer. The Base layer always stays.
10. To trace over a photo or plan, select it and choose More › Use as Underlay. It moves to a faded, locked layer at the bottom.
11. Walls on different layers still form rooms together, and a wall welded to a locked layer keeps that corner fixed.
12. Select items and choose More › Move to Layer to put them on another layer — or New Layer from Selection to give them one of their own.
13. To group layers, touch and hold a layer and choose Add to New Group. Drag a layer onto a group to put it inside.
14. Tap a group to collapse or expand it. Its eye and lock hide or lock every layer inside. To fade them all, touch and hold the group and choose Opacity.
15. In a group's menu, New Layer in Group adds a layer to it, and Ungroup removes the group but keeps its layers.
16. Delete Group… lets you delete the group with its items, or keep its layers.
17. Groups can hold other groups, up to three levels deep.
18. Choose Organize with Design Partner… in the ⋯ menu, or ask it: “Put all the furniture on its own layer and lock it.” It won't change hidden or locked layers unless you let it.
19. To cut a photo into parts on their own layers, select it and choose More › Split into Layers… — see Split into Layers.

**Keyboard**

1. Press ⌘I to show or hide the Layers panel.
2. Press ⇧⌘N to add a layer, or ⌥⇧⌘N to add a group with a new layer inside.
3. Press ⇧⌘H to hide or show the layer you're adding to, and ⌥⌘L to lock or unlock it.
4. Double-click a layer to rename it, or right-click it for its menu.
5. To reorder, click and hold a layer, then drag it up or down.
6. ⌘G groups items selected on the board. To group layers, use Add to New Group in the panel.

### My Library

Everything you collect in one tab: what AI tools make, textures, shapes and styles, with search and sort. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-my-library)

**Touch**

1. What AI tools make for you, your textures, and your saved shapes and styles all live here. Tap an item to use it.
2. Open My Library from the bar, after Layers. On an iPhone, or in a narrow iPad window, choose More → My Library, or Add → My Library.
3. Media keeps every picture, video and 3D model your AI tools make, newest first, without you doing anything. To keep your own photo, video or 3D model, select it and choose More → Save to My Library.
4. Tap a Media item to add it to the board. Tap ••• or touch and hold it to add, download or delete it. Deleting removes it from My Library only; boards and designs that already use it keep it.
5. The pills under the search field switch between Media, Textures, Shapes and Styles. In Media, the pills below them show All, Images, Videos or 3D.
6. Search finds words from the prompt and the tool’s name in Media, and names in the other sections. The arrows button sorts by Recently Added or Recently Used, and by Name outside Media; each section remembers its order.
7. Textures, Shapes and Styles are the same lists as Saved in Materials, My Shapes in the Shapes panel and My Styles in Apply Style, so a rename or a delete in one shows in the other.
8. Tap a texture to fill the selected shape, wall or floor, a shape to place it, or a style to open Apply Style with it chosen. Nothing is spent until you send.
9. In the 3D editor, open Add → My Library for Media and Textures. A 3D model is imported into your design, a picture can be applied as a texture, and a texture goes straight onto the selected surface.
10. On the Home screen, My Library is in the sidebar on an iPad or a Mac; on an iPhone it’s the row under Recents, and See All opens it. Tap an item to add it to a new Space or a recent one, download it or delete it. Home shows Media only.

### Split into Layers

Cut the objects in a photo onto layers of their own, then move, hide or rearrange them. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-split-layers)

**Touch**

1. Tap a part to leave it out or bring it back, then tap Add — each part lands on a layer of its own.
2. Select a photo and choose More › Split into Layers…, or choose Split into Layers in AI Tools or in Image Tools. The photo on the board becomes the preview.
3. Objects finds each object — free, with a daily limit. Subject cuts out the main subject on this device, free and offline.
4. Tap an object on the photo, or the circle by its name in the list, to leave it out or bring it back. Tap a name to see which object it is.
5. Missing something? With Objects, tap Draw Around It, then drag a box around it in the photo to cut it out as another part.
6. Under Background, Keep leaves the photo under the parts, and Hide shows only the parts.
7. Fill repaints the photo without the objects. It costs credits, charged only once the new background is on your board.
8. With Hide or Fill, the untouched original is kept on a hidden, locked layer — show it to compare.
9. Tap Add. The parts land on their own layers, in a group named after the photo.
10. Items drawn over the photo move to an Above Photo layer, so they stay on top of the parts.
11. To bring the photo back, touch and hold its Original layer or the group and choose Restore Original.
12. You can also ask the Design Partner: “Cut out the lamp and the chair.”
13. Objects can also make hidden objects whole: an object partly hidden by another part you chose — a sofa behind a coffee table — shows Make Whole under its name. Tap it to have the object redrawn in full.
14. People, see-through or growing things such as glasses, bottles and plants, objects cut off by the photo's edge, and parts you drew aren't made whole.
15. When an object comes back whole, the parts in front of it fade for a moment so you can see all of it — touch and hold its name to see it again. Under its name, choose Whole or As cut.
16. With Keep or Fill, a whole object shows only behind the parts you chose, so the photo looks the same until you move them. With Hide, it shows whole.
17. Each object you add whole costs 7 credits, charged once, when you add. If you're short of credits, Make Whole shows how to get more.
18. If objects are still being made whole when you tap Add, it waits up to 45 seconds and adds the ones that arrive whole — tap Add Now to add them as they were cut instead.
19. In Layers, an object added whole is marked Made whole. To put it back exactly as it was cut from your photo, touch and hold its layer and choose Restore Exact Cut.

**Keyboard**

1. Select a photo, then choose Split into Layers… in the More menu or in AI Tools.
2. Click an object on the photo, or the circle by its name, to leave it out; with Objects, click Draw Around It and drag a box around something it missed to cut it out.
3. Press Return to Add, or Esc to cancel — even while a Fill is working.
4. With Objects, click Make Whole under an object partly hidden by another part you chose to have it redrawn in full. When it comes back, the parts in front fade for a moment so you see all of it; click its name to see it again, and choose Whole or As cut under it. Each object added whole costs 7 credits, charged when you add.
5. While Add waits for objects being made whole, click Add Now to add them as cut, or press Esc to cancel. Later, Restore Exact Cut in its layer's menu puts an object back as it was cut.

### 3D designs in a Space

Place your uMake designs on the board and orbit them live without leaving the Space. (https://www.umake.com/learn/embed-3d-designs)

**Touch**

1. Tap + in the Space toolbar, choose uMake Design, and pick one of your designs to place it on the board.
2. The design lands as a card showing a preview image; tap the card to select it and its live 3D view wakes up.
3. With the design selected, tap the orbit button in the contextual toolbar, then drag inside the card to orbit, pinch to zoom, and drag with two fingers to pan the model.
4. Only one embedded design is live at a time — unselected designs show a still preview until you tap them.
5. Choose Edit from the design's contextual menu to open it in the full 3D editor; your changes come back to the board.

### Notes, photos & media

Fill your Space with sticky notes, text, photos, camera shots, and videos. (https://www.umake.com/learn/notes-photos-media)

**Touch**

1. Tap Sticky Note in the Space toolbar to drop a sticky note, then type your note on it.
2. Tap Text in the Space toolbar to add a text block, and style it from its contextual toolbar.
3. Tap + and choose Photos to insert an image from your library, or Camera to take a picture straight onto the board.
4. Drag images or videos in from another app in Split View — they land where you drop them.
5. Drag any element to arrange it, and pull its corner handles to resize it.

### Insert from Files

Bring 3D model files from the Files app and content from other apps straight onto your board. (https://www.umake.com/learn/insert-from-files)

**Touch**

1. Tap + in the Space toolbar and choose Insert From… to open the Files browser.
2. Pick a 3D model file — USDZ and GLB formats are supported — and it appears on the board as a 3D element.
3. You can also drag images and videos onto the board from other apps; they drop right where you release them.
4. Inserted files are saved as part of the Space, so the board travels with its content.

### Live Preview in Spaces

See an AI-rendered version of your board update beside you while you sketch. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-live-preview)

**Touch**

1. Tap Live Preview in the Space toolbar to split the view — your board on one side and the AI-rendered preview beside it.
2. Keep sketching: doodle mode stays available, and the preview follows your strokes as you draw.
3. Tap the prompt field on the preview card and describe the look you want to steer the render.
4. Tap Enhance for a higher-quality render of the current view.
5. Use the preview's menu to save a render to Photos.

### The New Home

Start a project from the home screen — describe it or pick a project type, and land in the editor with a scene already set up. (https://www.umake.com/learn/home-configurator)

**Touch**

1. On the Home tab, describe what you want to make in the project brief field, or attach a photo for reference.
2. Tap one of the four project type chips — Room / Interior, Product Stage, Booth / Stage, or Site Study — to open a short guided setup.
3. Answer the setup's tap-only questions (or skip any of them) and watch your brief compose in the live preview; tap Use Defaults on the first question to accept defaults, or touch and hold a project type chip and choose Quick Start with Defaults to skip the setup entirely.
4. Finish the setup and uMake opens the editor with your starting scene, where the design assistant continues from your brief.
5. To skip the guided start, open the Start Blank menu and choose 3D Design or Space for an empty canvas.

### Keyboard Shortcuts

Work faster with a hardware keyboard — every canvas shortcut in one place. (https://www.umake.com/learn/keyboard-shortcuts)

**Touch**

1. Open Help and choose Keyboard Shortcuts to browse every canvas shortcut, grouped by Edit, Tools, Camera, View, Panels, Layers, and Spaces.

**Keyboard**

1. With a hardware keyboard connected, hold Command (⌘) on the canvas to show iPadOS's shortcut overlay.
2. Some shortcuts repeat while held — hold ⌘Z to keep undoing, ⇧⌘Z to keep redoing, ⌘+ or ⌘- to keep zooming, and hold the Space bar (␣) to pan.
3. Single-key shortcuts such as 1, 2, and 3 for the drawing tools stay out of your way while you are typing in a text field — they only act on the canvas.

### Organise Your Designs

Keep your library tidy with folders and favourites, and find any design fast. (https://www.umake.com/learn/organise-designs)

**Touch**

1. Open the Designs tab to see all your designs and folders in one grid.
2. Tap the folder button with the plus badge in the top toolbar to create a new folder.
3. Touch and hold a design card, then drag it onto a folder to move it inside — the folder highlights when it is ready to receive the drop.
4. Touch and hold a design card and choose Add to Favorites; a star badge appears on the card.
5. Jump across your whole library with the Recents, Favorites, and Offline locations — in the sidebar on iPad, or behind the filter button on iPhone — and use the search field or the sort button to find and order designs.

### Duplicate & Move Designs

Manage any design from its card menu — copy it, or file it into a folder. (https://www.umake.com/learn/rename-duplicate-move)

**Touch**

1. In the Designs tab, touch and hold a design card to open its menu.
2. Choose Duplicate to create an identical copy of the design.
3. Choose Move, pick a destination — a folder, or uMake Cloud for the top level — and confirm with Move.
4. You can also drag a card straight onto a folder to move it without opening the menu.

### Deleted Files & Recovery

Know what deleting a design does, and how to keep a safety copy before you let one go. (https://www.umake.com/learn/deleted-files-recovery)

**Touch**

1. To delete one design, touch and hold its card in the Designs tab and choose Delete.
2. To delete several at once, tap the Select button in the toolbar, tap the designs, then tap the trash button in the bottom bar.
3. Deleting a design removes it from your uMake library on every device signed in to your account, and it needs an internet connection — deletion is not available offline.
4. There is no in-app trash, so duplicate a design first if you are not sure you want to lose it.
5. If you deleted something by accident, contact uMake support from Settings as soon as possible to ask whether it can be recovered.

### Import 3D Files

Bring models from other tools into uMake — SketchUp, OBJ, STL, STEP, and more. (https://www.umake.com/learn/import-3d-files)

**Touch**

1. On the Home tab, open the Start Blank menu and choose Import File.
2. Pick a category — 3D Model (OBJ, STL, STEP, IGES, USDZ, GLB, DAE, ZIP), SketchUp (SKP), 2D Vector (SVG), or uMake File (UMK) — and the file browser opens showing only files uMake can read.
3. Select the file, and uMake imports it and opens it as a new design in your library.
4. SketchUp files are converted online, so importing SKP needs an internet connection.
5. Opening a supported file from the Files app or another app also imports it into uMake.

### Autosave & Offline

uMake saves your work automatically and keeps it in sync, even when the connection drops. (https://www.umake.com/learn/files-autosave-offline)

**Touch**

1. Your design saves automatically while you work — there is no Save button.
2. Changes upload to your uMake cloud library; a card shows a brief green check when it has just finished syncing.
3. An orange dot on a card means local changes are still waiting to upload; a cloud icon with a down arrow means the design is not downloaded on this device yet and will download when you open it.
4. If you go offline, keep working — your edits are stored on the device and sync automatically when the connection returns.
5. The Offline location lists the designs already available on this device, so you know what you can open without a connection.

### Subscription & credits

Know how your plan's monthly AI credits work and check how much you have left. (https://www.umake.com/learn/subscription-credits)

**Touch**

1. AI features in uMake — including Enhance, Live AI Preview, the Spaces AI tools, and generations made through the Design Partner — all draw from one monthly pool of credits that comes with your plan.
2. Your plan sets the pool size — the Pro plan includes a larger monthly credit pool than Basic — and heavier operations use more of it: an Enhance costs a small fixed number of credits, while Live AI Preview charges a block of credits that covers a run of delivered preview frames.
3. Live AI Preview only charges a block when a frame is actually delivered, so switching the preview on costs nothing by itself — and a paid block keeps working if you toggle the preview off and back on soon after: a block covers a set number of delivered frames within a short window (about fifteen minutes), and while credits remain the next delivered frame simply starts (and charges) the next block.
4. During a free trial the credit pool is reduced to about a tenth of the plan's full monthly amount, so a trial is a taste of the AI tools rather than a full month of generations.
5. To see what you have left, open Settings from the home screen: on iPad, choose the Usage section in the settings sidebar; on iPhone, the AI Usage row sits at the top of the Subscription section. Either shows the percentage of your monthly credits already used.
6. To see your plan, where it is billed and when it renews or ends, open Settings from the home screen: on iPad, choose the Subscription section in the settings sidebar; on iPhone, tap Manage Subscription in the Subscription section. Cancel Subscription is there too, for a plan billed through the App Store.

### Sign-in & your account

Sign in once and your designs and subscription follow you to every device. (https://www.umake.com/learn/sign-in-account)

**Touch**

1. Open Settings from the home screen, choose the Account section, and tap Sign In.
2. You can sign in with your Apple or Google account, or with an email address and password.
3. Signing in attaches your subscription to your account, so your plan — and the monthly AI credits that come with it — is recognized on any device where you sign in with the same account.
4. Your designs sync through your account, so work saved on one device is there when you sign in on another.

### Choose the target and keep originals

Control what gets cut and which input shapes remain. (https://www.umake.com/learn/boolean-target)

**Touch**

1. In Combine, choose the body to cut under Target. The other bodies become tools.
2. With two bodies, Swap reverses their roles. Enable Keep Originals to retain the inputs.
3. If Close Openings is offered, it adds faces across openings. Preview and inspect before applying.

### Edit a Boolean result

Revisit saved operations or recover their input shapes. (https://www.umake.com/learn/boolean-history)

**Touch**

1. Select a saved Boolean result and reopen Combine to change its operation or target.
2. Preview the change. Enable Keep Previous Result if you also want the earlier version, then Apply.
3. Restore Operands replaces the result with editable copies of its saved inputs. Edit them, then combine again.

### Edit with an image reference

Guide an edit with a material, style or subject image. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-image-tools)

**Touch**

1. Select an image, open Image Tools, and choose Add a reference image.
2. Attach the reference and choose Material, Style or Subject. A written prompt is optional.
3. Send to generate. Edit this uses a result for your next edit; the chip’s × clears the active tool.

### Explore image variations

Try distinct directions while keeping the same subject. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-variations)

**Touch**

1. Select an image and choose Variations in Image Tools.
2. Choose how many images you want, add a direction if you like, then Send.
3. Compare the results in chat. Choose Edit this to refine one, or add your favorite to Space.

### Build a presentation set

Turn one image into complementary views on an organized board. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-presentation)

**Touch**

1. Select an image and choose Presentation set in Image Tools.
2. Send to create complementary images based on the content. Tap any result to view or edit it.
3. Add to Space inserts the set as a grouped board with individually editable images.

### Create a color palette

Make editable swatches from an idea or an image. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-palettes)

**Touch**

1. Open Generate color palettes. Use Explore for ideas, or Extract with an attached image.
2. Choose the color count and mood in Palette Tools, then Send. Tap a swatch to edit or copy its value.
3. Keep this color locks a favorite for future variations. Add to Space places the palette as an editable group.

### Create a texture set

Generate separate, coordinated surfaces you can reuse. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-textures)

**Touch**

1. Open Create custom textures and describe a project or attach an image.
2. In Texture Tools, choose Material set for complementary surfaces or Variations for treatments of one material, then Send.
3. Inspect each texture with Preview repeat. Keep favorites, replace others, and add the set to Space. These are images, not PBR maps.

### Reuse saved palettes and textures

Keep useful sets close at hand without generating again. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-saved-sets)

**Touch**

1. Choose Save set from a palette or texture result’s menu.
2. Open Saved sets in Palette Tools or Texture Tools. Tap a saved set to add it to Space.
3. Use its ⋯ menu to Open in chat, Export files or Try on image after selecting a target image.

### Apply a style

Restyle images with a preset or with a style you saved. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-apply-style)

**Touch**

1. Select up to three items, then choose Apply Style under Photo in AI Tools. With one item selected, it is also in the selection menu. Each item is styled on its own.
2. Tap the style name to choose a style. My Styles, the ones you saved, come first, then the presets. Some presets add a Style Influence slider.
3. To style an arrangement as one image, draw a region instead. An uploaded photo works too. Either counts as one picture.
4. Send. Every picture costs the same, whichever style you choose; a preset gives two versions of it, a saved style one. Add the results you like to the Space.
5. Styles work in Image Tools too: choose a tool, tap Style beside it and pick a style. Edit image, Generate Image, Draw a sketch, Presentation Set and Variations then make their images in that look, at their usual price.

### Save your own style

Keep a visual direction to reuse on different subjects. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-saved-styles)

**Touch**

1. Select up to six visual items, then choose Save as Style under Photo in AI Tools and Send. With one item selected, it is also in the selection menu.
2. The style appears in My Styles, first in Apply Style’s style list. Its + Save as Style card saves another from what you select.
3. Tap ••• on a style’s card in My Styles to see its details, rename it or delete it.

### Compose a scene

Bring separate items together in one new image. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-compose)

**Touch**

1. Select two to six visual items, then choose Compose a Scene under Photo in AI Tools.
2. Check the source previews; × removes an item from the request. Add an optional direction, then Send.
3. Watch progress in chat. The completed scene appears beside its sources in Space, leaving them unchanged.

### Create a view study

Collect distinct moments from footage you already have. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-view-study)

**Touch**

1. Select a video or a Scene Studio scene with a completed clip, then choose Create View Study.
2. Tap Find Views to extract up to three distinct moments. Similar footage may yield fewer views; no AI images are generated.
3. Add to Space places the frames together as an editable board beside the source.

### Scene Studio

Edit objects, change the atmosphere, and turn an image into a story. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-scene-studio-basics)

**Touch**

1. Open Scene Studio from AI Tools. Choose an image from your Space, or describe a new scene.
2. Tap an object in the picture to move, rotate, resize, recolor, change its material, or remove it.
3. Describe the change in the prompt box. Color, Material, and Animate offer suggestions you can edit before sending.
4. Use Lighting to change the time, season, or weather. Use Camera to explore another viewpoint.
5. Each change creates a short clip. Tap timeline frames to revisit a step, or drag across the timeline to scrub the story.
6. Use Add to Space (or ⋯ in a compact window) to insert a still, clip, or the whole story as a video. Close Scene Studio to see it on the canvas.
7. When you're signed in, each frame's picture and clip are saved to your uMake account and download on your other devices. Frames made earlier are saved the next time you open their Space on Wi-Fi, and Low Data Mode pauses saving. Without an account they stay on the device that made them.

### Explore angles in Scene Studio

Reimagine an image and build a sequence of changes. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-scene-studio)

**Touch**

1. Select an image and open Scene Studio from its contextual menu.
2. Use Camera Presets or camera mode to request a new angle. AI reimagines the image; unseen details may change.
3. Review the timeline and use Add to Space to insert the still or clip you want.

### Stop a generation

Stay in control while a result is being prepared. (https://www.umake.com/learn/space-generation)

**Touch**

1. The dotted preview shows work in progress; the Send arrow becomes a Stop square.
2. Tap Stop to cancel the current request. Completed results stay available.
3. Check your inputs before sending again. For automatic Space results, the faint placeholder marks where the result will appear.